WoW Classic Blacksmithing Leveling Guide

This WoW Classic Blacksmithing leveling guide provides a cost-efficient path from skill 1 to 300. The route is calculated using estimated material costs together with each recipe's skill-up range, so it may continue using a cheaper recipe after it stops guaranteeing a skill point when doing so is expected to reduce the overall cost of leveling.

Items marked (keep) are required by a later step, so don't sell or discard them. Quantities marked with an asterisk are estimates because yellow and green recipes don't guarantee a skill point on every craft.

Aggressive

Level	Craft
1-16	15Rough Sharpening Stone Requires 15 Rough Stone
16-25	9Copper Chain Pants Requires 36 Copper Bar
25-46	21Rough Grinding Stone (keep) Requires 42 Rough Stone
46-65	19Copper Chain Belt Requires 114 Copper Bar
65-75	12Coarse Sharpening Stone Requires* 12 Coarse Stone
Train Journeyman Level 75-150 (req. L10)
75-90	21Coarse Grinding Stone (keep)* Requires 42 Coarse Stone
90-111	21Runed Copper Belt Requires 210 Copper Bar
111-146	35Rough Bronze Leggings Requires 210 Bronze Bar
146-150	4Patterned Bronze Bracers Requires 20 Bronze Bar 8 Coarse Grinding Stone
Train Expert Level 150-225
150-156	6Golden Rod Requires 6 Gold Bar 12 Coarse Grinding Stone
156-181	25Green Iron Leggings Requires 200 Iron Bar 25 Heavy Grinding Stone 25 Green Dye
181-191	10Green Iron Bracers Requires 60 Iron Bar 10 Green Dye
191-200	9Golden Scale Bracers Requires 45 Steel Bar 18 Heavy Grinding Stone
200-210	20Solid Grinding Stone (keep)* Requires 80 Solid Stone
Train Artisan Level 225-300
210-226	16Heavy Mithril Gauntlets Requires 96 Mithril Bar 64 Mageweave Cloth
226-236	10Steel Plate Helm Requires 140 Steel Bar 10 Solid Grinding Stone
236-250	14Mithril Coif Requires 140 Mithril Bar 84 Mageweave Cloth
250-260	15Dense Sharpening Stone Requires* 15 Dense Stone
260-265	8Heavy Mithril Boots Requires* 112 Mithril Bar 32 Thick Leather
265-286	21Imperial Plate Belt Requires 462 Thorium Bar 126 Rugged Leather 21 Aquamarine
286-295	10Imperial Plate Bracers Requires* 200 Thorium Bar 10 Star Ruby
295-300	5Imperial Plate Boots Requires 170 Thorium Bar 5 Star Ruby 5 Aquamarine
*May require a few more or a few less depending on your luck

Blacksmithing Leveling Tips

Blacksmithing can consume large quantities of bars and stone, so material prices have a significant effect on the cheapest route to 300. Don't assume that the recipe requiring the fewest crafts is automatically the cheapest. A recipe that has already turned yellow can still be worthwhile when its materials are substantially cheaper than the alternatives.

Keep any intermediate materials identified by the guide. Blacksmithing frequently uses grinding stones made at earlier skill levels as reagents for later crafts. For example, this route keeps Coarse Grinding Stones and later uses them when crafting Patterned Bronze Bracers and Golden Rods.

Planning Your Materials

The later levels become considerably more material-intensive, particularly once the route reaches Mithril and Thorium recipes. If you're buying materials from the Auction House, check the quantities required by the later stages before starting rather than purchasing each step individually. Changes in bar, stone, leather and gem prices can make alternative recipes more economical.

Normal vs Aggressive Leveling

Enable Aggressive if you're willing to continue crafting recipes after their skill-up chance begins to fall when the estimated material savings justify the additional risk. The standard route is more conservative. Because these skill-ups are probabilistic, your actual material requirements can be slightly higher or lower than the quantities shown.